Newspaper cuttings book compiled and annotated by Fr. Stanislaus Kavanagh OFM Cap. Printed stamp on inside front cover: ‘Franciscan Capuchin Library, Church Street, Dublin’. The pages have been numbered by Fr. Stanislaus. On page 25 there is a clipping of a report on the funeral of Richard Coleman, Irish Volunteer, in Dublin. 'Irish Independent', 16 Dec. 1918.
A copy of 'The Republic' edited by Darrell Figgis, 21 June 1919 (Vol. 1, No. 1). Figgis published this republican newssheet from offices at 40 Lower Ormond Quay, Dublin.
Statement titled 'Partition' issued by the Pro-Treaty Government Publicity Department suggesting that Éamon de Valera 'was aware of the "Ulster" clauses of the Treaty long before the Treaty was signed, and that he made no protest; that he had assured Mr. Lloyd George that force would not be used against "Ulster" in order to bring the six counties into a United Ireland ...'.
The Ecclesiastical Review on morality of hunger-strike / Rev. Michael Hogan SJ. Reprinted from 'The Irish World', May 1933. Printed by the Catholic Book Publishing Co., 43-45 East 12th Street, New York City.
The file contains volume 2 of the 'Irish Bulletin'. The series is incomplete but multiple copies of some issues are extant: 7 May 1920. No. 5 28 May 1920. No. 19 1 June 1920. No. 21 2 June 1920. No. 22 4 June 1920. No. 24 14 June 1920. No. 31 7 July 1920. No. 46 8 July 1920. No. 47 22 July 1920. No. 57 23 July 1920. No. 58 26 July 1920. No. 59 4 Aug. 1920. No. 65 6 Aug. 1920. No. 67 7 Aug. 1920. (Weekly Summary: 2 copies) 9 Aug. 1920. No. 68 11 Aug. 1920. No. 70 13 Aug. 1920. No. 72 14 Aug. 1920. (Weekly Summary: 2 copies) 21 Aug. 1920. (Weekly Summary: 2 copies) 25 Aug. 1920. No. 80 28 Aug. 1920. (Weekly Summary: 2 copies) 31 Aug. 1920. No. 84
The file comprises the following editions of this weekly Anti-Treaty newspaper: 9 Apr. 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 1)-2 July 1922 (Vol. 1, No. 13). Each edition featured political cartoons on the front page (some of which were drawn by Grace Plunkett).
A scene from a mass gathering held in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, on 23 June 1929 to mark the centenary of Catholic Emancipation. The caption to the photograph indicates that an individual had fainted (on what was, by all accounts, a very warm day) and required some medical assistance.